Commission prize for Carlos Micháns in New York

Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM

St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church - New York, NY
Admission: $10
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Church of St. Luke in the Fields - New York, NY
Admission: $10

Carlos Micháns - born, raised and educated in Argentina - is one of the five composers who have been selected (out of over 200 entries) by the "C4 Comissioning Competition", sponsored by the "David and Minnie Berk Foundation" and the "Yale School of Music Alumni Ventures Program", to compose a choral piece for the "Choral Composer/Conductor Collective" (C4). All five new pieces (which must be completed by November 2010) will be premiered by C4 on March 3 and 5 2011 in New York City. 

Micháns extensive catalogue comprises works in almost every genre, among which five ‘sinfonie concertante’, two overtures, several compositions for choir and orchestra (including a symphony for double choir and large orchestra), a harp concerto, a saxophone concerto, quartets and quintets for a variety of combinations (strings, saxophones, clarinets and mixed ensembles), countless solo pieces and for small and large chamber groups. Most of them are commissioned by the Dutch Fund for Performing Arts for distinguished Dutch and international soloists and ensembles, such as Ronald Brautigam, Isabelle van Keulen, Liza and Dmitry Ferschtman, Arno Bornkamp, Lavinia Meijer, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symfonia, etc. They are published in Amsterdam by Muziek Centrum Nederland (Donemus). He is also active in the field of literature.